Class Environment

Springfield Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.2 Down from 67.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $60,033 Up from $57,672
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.6 Down from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.2 Up from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.4 Down from 83.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.6 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.0 to 1 Down from 19.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.9 Down from 11.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.9 Up from 3.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.